PROMO TING INNO V A TION AND RD C ONTINUED S tr a t egic Goal 3 Ensur e the c ontinuous modernisa tion of the mining indus try tak es plac e such tha t e v ery person and c ommunity is bett er of Ne w engineering and mining methods r equir e ne w skills Bett er skilled w orkf or c es cr ea t e enhanc ed efciencies De v elop ne w engineering solutions fr om basic r esear ch t o impr o v e pr oductivity Ne w v entur es e xpand the o v er all mining v alue chain thr ough South A fricande v eloped t echnology int ellectual pr operty manuf acturing and impr o ving local c ompetitiv enes s De v elop a w orldclas s c ompet enc y and capability t o a ttain and use rich r ele v ant and c ompr ehensiv e da ta t o mak e bett er inf ormed decisions about mining Unders tanding analytical s y s t ems of mining da ta cr ea t es ne w opportunities f or local entr epr eneurs t o solv e pr oblems and enables c omplet ely ne w solutions t o be de v eloped thr ough inno v a tion An incr ease in pr oductivity cr ea t es demand f or local manuf acturing and solutions L ocally de v eloped t echnology can be mor e c os tef ectiv e thus driving pr oductivity and ne w jobs Unders tanding the dynamics of the mining clus t er s socioec onomics enables hones t c on v ersa tions and ef ectiv e sc enario planning among all s tak eholders Ne w da ta giv es oper a tions the decision po w er f or f as t er mor e ac cur a t e les s w as t eful oper a tions L ocal manuf acturing cr ea t es a demand f or skills It also benefts fr om gr ea t er implementa tion suc c es s thr ough appr oaches such as humanc entr ed design FOURTH INDUS TRIAL REV OL UTION L OC AL RDI AND PROCUREMENT PRO DUCTIVITY JUS T TR ANSITION 1 4 2 3 Mining Skills 4 0 A dv anc ed or ebody kno wledge A OK R ealtime inf orma tion management s y s t em Modernisa tionf ocused s tr a t egy support 20 19 S A Earth Observ a tion Challenge Da ta 4 0 Mining t ech incuba t or T es t mine Isidingo Drill Challenge Mining E quipment Manuf actur ers of South A frica MEMS A L onge vity of curr ent mines Mechanised drill and blas t None xplosiv e r ock br eaking Emalahleni Social Inno v a tion Suc c es sful Applica tion o f T echnology C entr ed ar ound P e o p l e C oal Inno v a tion and T echnology R oadmap HO W MODERNIS A TION PRO JECT S C ONNECT L earning b y doing Skills de v elopment and pr omoting RDI T he Miner als C ouncil s Skills De v elopment discipline pla y s a vital r ole in RDI in the mining sect or Apart fr om the pla tf orms on which w e ha v e engaged r ela ting t o the futur e of w ork and the impacts of the F ourth Indus trial R e v olution on the w orld of w ork the skills unit has also been int egr ally in v olv ed in r esear ch being undertak en t o unders tand the skills r equir ements f or a modernised mining sect or T he Mining Skills 4 0 pr oject is a longt erm pr oject aimed a t as sis ting people in a jus t tr ansition int o the F ourth Indus trial R e v olution T he objectiv e of this pr oject is t o s tr engthen the capability f or adoption of modernisa tion out c omes in a peoplec entr ed c ollabor a tiv e manner f ocusing on de v eloping a fr ame w ork and s tr a t egy f or skills de v elopment f or the mining indus try of the futur e T his w ould be done under the k e y principle tha t a jus t tr ansition t o modernised mining is nec es sary The w a y f orw ar d Mining is nec es sary f or modern lif e if it s not gr o wn it s mined Mining is also r esponsible ther e is good in mining ther e is good in pr ogr es s W ha t is mor e mining is critical t o the ne w modern ec onom y and this modern vie w goes be y ond the mer e adoption of t echnologies It is a w a y of thinking tha t changes the w a y the indus try oper a t es and the w a y it is per c eiv ed it is about embr acing the elements and miner als critical t o an inclusiv e lo w carbon futur e and mor e importantly it is about pursuing a peoplec entr ed appr oach nec es sary t o cr ea t e a br oader enabling en vir onment of which t echnology is jus t a part P age 84